India announced as host for shooting World Cup Final in October

The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has chosen India to host the prestigious World Cup Final (WCF) at Delhi's Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges in October. The event will feature the world's top shooters competing in pistol, rifle and shotgun disciplines to crown the best performers of the year.
All the shooters who finished on the podium in the 12 individual events at the Paris Olympics have bagged an automatic place in WCF, besides the defending champions from the last edition in Doha.
Qualification for the tournament also extends to the top six shooters in the ISSF World Cup rankings, with a maximum of two participants from each country allowed in each WCF event.
As the host nation, India has the privilege of granting wild-card entries to its shooters, providing them with an opportunity to compete against the world's best on home soil.
"The same was earlier announced in Chateauroux during the ongoing Paris Olympics, by the ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) president Luciano Rossi," the National Rifle Association of India said in a statement on Thursday, as reported by PTI.
The winners will get a prize money of Euros 5,000, 4,000 and 3,000 respectively along with medals and trophies.
"This will be the 10th international shooting competition to be held in India going back to the 10th Asian Air Gun held in 2015. This will also be the second ISSF World Cup Final to be held in that period with the first one being held in 2017. Last year Bhopal hosted its first ever ISSF World Cup," the statement added.
"One of the reasons for our continued success on the international stage in recent years across shooting disciplines has been our endeavour to regularly bring such world-class competitions to India," said Kalikesh Singhdeo, NRAI's senior vive-president.
NRAI secretary-general Sultan Singh said, "We hope our shooting stars take full advantage of a home ISSF event to win more international accolades as also the fans, who can see their favourites match up against the world's best."